Orchestrating Your Career

Building a Freelance Career in LA with Trumpeter Ellen Shinogle | Ep18


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ELLEN’S EPISODE RESOURCES:

Current Fav Composer: John Williams and Maria Schneider

Current Fav Piece of Classical Music: Verdi’s La forza del destino

Fav Movie Soundtrack: Jurassic Park

Book Rec: The Music Lesson by Victor Wooten

Musician You Admire: Wynton Marsalis

Most Useful App on Phone: TonalEnergy tuner and metronome app

Social Media Accounts to Check Out: Kayla Solomon @tpt_solo and Alana Yee @alanabedootin

Resource Rec: Finding mentors

Audible Free Trial: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3VXwMWf

Amazon Music Free Trial: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3W1Ttsr


CONNECT WITH ELLEN:

Website: https://www.ellenshinogle.com

Instagram: @thetrumpetgal

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ellen.shinogle

ORCHESTRATING YOUR CAREER 

YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaCPf5xynqMHcFuQhCWrNCQ⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/orchestratingyourcareer

Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/orchestratingyourcareer


ABOUT THE HOST

Rebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training. 


CONNECT WITH REBEKAH

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/bitesbybekah 

Websites: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.bitesbybekah.com⁠⁠⁠


TIMECODES

00:00 Podcast Intro

01:29 Episode Intro

02:20 Start of Interview

03:03 Ellen’s musical background 

03:42 Music as a career

04:22 Applying to music schools

05:24 Experience at ESM

07:50 Balancing education and performance degrees at ESM

10:10 Discovering Film Music and Moving to LA

11:06 Applying to Masters

11:45 Masters at USC

13:01 Career Shifts during Masters

14:43 Piecing Together a Freelance Career While Studying

15:37 Doctorate at UCLA

17:06 UCLA TAship

17:47 Disneyland Band - Auditioning

20:37 Disneyland Band - Playing and Performing

27:32 Other Pieces of Freelance Career

30:36 Ellen’s Doctorate

32:02 Transitioning from Doctorate to Career

33:33 Multiplying Pieces of a Freelance Career

36:27 A Typical Week of Work in Ellen’s Life

36:55 How to Prevent Burnout

39:59 Starting on Social Media 

46:56 Looking to the Future 

48:27 Movie Music

51:17 Every Freelance Career Looks Different

53:37 Rapid Fire Q&A

1:02:44 Episode Outro

1:03:57 James Burke’s The Magic Trumpet


MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE

Theme Music composed by Ben Roundtree: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0z6dZJL6GM⁠ 


PHOTO CREDIT

ESM

USC

UCLA

Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra

West Side Chamber Orchestra

Wynton Marsalis

Maria Schneider


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